Coventry Transport Museum
Coventry Transport Museum
Millennium Place
Hales Street
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 1JD
England
Website
enquiries@transport-museum.com
Telephone
024 7623 4270
Fax
024 7623 4284
The Museum displays the largest collection of British cars, cycles and motorcycles in the world and is designated as a collection of national importance. Visitors can explore over 150 years of unique history and there’s something different round every corner. Where else can you see the earliest British cars and cycles, Queen Mary’s State Limousine, a De Lorean ‘back from the future’ and two Land Speed record holders - all under one roof? But it's not just a place for the past – you can design your own car, feel what its like to break the sound barrier at 763 miles an hour, and even travel into the future. Every gallery is well presented with interactive displays ranging from simulators and computer games through to films, drawing sheets and soft-play building blocks.
With a world-renowned collection and dynamic displays the Museum is one of the major attractions in the West Midlands region.
The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.
Venue Type:
Museum
Additional info
Visitors are advised to ring beforehand if interested in specific areas or items to ensure they are on display.
Coventry Transport Museum
Millennium Place
Hales Street
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 1JD
England
Website
enquiries@transport-museum.com
Telephone
024 7623 4270
Fax
024 7623 4284
The entire collection of Coventry Transport Museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.
Displaying the most comprehensive collection of the products of the Midlands motor industry, this museum demonstrates the central role played by the road transport industries of Great Britain, and the City of Coventry in particular, in the industrial, economic, social and cultural development of the world. The museum's splendid collection of 200 cycles ranges from an 1818 Hobby Horse to the latest BMX.
Its superb motor vehicle collection incorporates the largest display of British Daimlers, 200 cars and commercial vehicles from 1896 to date, 90 motorcycles from 1920 to date, Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC the world land speed record cars, and commercial vehicles.
The museum's extensive archives, open by prior appointment, sustain the argument that the car has been the greatest instrument of social change of the past century.
Collection details
Land Transport, Archives
Key artists and exhibits
- Thrust2 and ThrustSSC Land Speed Record Cars.
- Designated Collection
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
- Public access available to collections information
- Specialist publications on collections available
- Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Coventry Transport Museum
Millennium Place
Hales Street
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 1JD
England
Website
enquiries@transport-museum.com
Telephone
024 7623 4270
Fax
024 7623 4284
Wheels & Waves
This Winter, Coventry Transport Museum brings the sights, sounds and smells of the sea to the Midlands, as we present Wheels & Waves, an exhibition of vehicles used by British surfers from the 1950s to the present day.
We’ll be displaying all the vehicles on specially built ‘seaside’ sets – after entering the exhibition through the surf shack you’ll be met with sand dunes, surf boards and of course the stars of the show, a tremendous range of surf vehicles including a 1968 Split-Screen Dodge Camper, a range of VW Campers and Beetles and some iconic ‘woodie’ cars. The display of vehicles will be complemented by an array of surf art, photographs and memorabilia from British surfers past and present, to really bring this intriguing world to life.
It may be Winter outside but at Coventry Transport Museum the sun will be shining all year long, so pull up a deckchair, grab your sunglasses and come in out of the cold to enjoy Wheels & Waves – Surf’s Up!
Suitable for
- Any age
Where
Coventry Transport Museum, Millennium Place, Coventry CV1 1JD
Admission
Free
Website
http://www.transport-museum.com/modules/events/event.aspx?id=82
Coventry Transport Museum
Millennium Place
Hales Street
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 1JD
England
Website
enquiries@transport-museum.com
Telephone
024 7623 4270
Fax
024 7623 4284
Surfing Safari Weekends
Come and enjoy the Wheels & Waves exhibition of surf vehicles and memorabilia then do a seaside craft activity to take home with you - there's a different activity each weekend:
Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jan - make a seaside windmill
Sat 25 & Sun 26 Feb - make a sun visor
Sat 24 & Sun 25 Mar - make a seaside collage
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
When
10am-4pm
Where
Coventry Transport Museum
Admission
Admission Free, craft activities £1 to cover materials
Surfing Safari Weekends
Come and enjoy the Wheels & Waves exhibition of surf vehicles and memorabilia then do a seaside craft activity to take home with you - there's a different activity each weekend:
Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jan - make a seaside windmill
Sat 25 & Sun 26 Feb - make a sun visor
Sat 24 & Sun 25 Mar - make a seaside collage
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
When
10am-4pm
Where
Coventry Transport Museum
Admission
Admission Free, craft activities £1 to cover materials
Coventry Transport Museum
Millennium Place
Hales Street
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 1JD
England
Website
enquiries@transport-museum.com
Telephone
024 7623 4270
Fax
024 7623 4284
Getting there
By Road
Coventry is close to the M1/M6/M40/M42. Follow signs to city centre and take junction 1 or 2. As a city centre attraction there is no parking available at the Museum itself however, city centre pay and display car parks are all within walking distance. The nearest car parks to the Museum are Bishop Street, West Orchards Shopping Mall, Fairfax Street and the Belgrade Plaza.
By Rail
There are excellent links to London Euston via Virgin Trains; Cross Country routes north and south and local services to Nuneaton and Northampton. The Museum is a 15-minute walk from the station. Buses numbered 17, 27 and 49 stop near the Museum.
By Bus
Most buses stop at Pool Meadow bus station or on Trinity Street, both of which are a 2 minute walk from the Museum. Coventry has a North and South Park & Ride services and both the North and South routes have a stop-off point at Junction of Corporation Street and Burges, which is very close to the Museum. The North route operates from the AT7 Centre in Bell Green which is to the north of the city centre. This location is ideal for the M6 Junction 3 - A444. The south route operates from Coventry's War Memorial Park situated on the Kenilworth Road/ A45.
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